Posts tagged with "Kane"

Today the world of professional wrestling lost an icon, as “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes passed away. Rhodes first appeared in the wrestling industry in the late 1960’s and rose to fame and glory thanks to his son of plumber character and his incredible charisma both in and out of the ring. When his in ring career ended Rhodes, real name Virgil Runnels, continued to work in the business he loved behind the scenes and in recent years was...

TLC is still a relatively young pay-per-view event, but it has solidified its place as one of the ones to watch every year for the dangerous array of weapons that it brings to the table. It’s also played host to some great matches, such as the merging of the two world titles into the WWE World Heavyweight championship, and CM Punk defending the belt against the Miz and Del Rio in a TLC match. It’s the kind of night that gets the wrestler’s blood...

To anyone who’s never seen or had the fortune of being at an actual WWE live show, let me tell you, it’s something else. Especially in the UK where WWE live shows are always something special. WWE only travels to the UK twice a year, and only the most hardcore of wrestling fans seem to attend these RAW and Smackdown tapings, so combine the hunger with the passion, and what do you get? You get liquid gold.
This 2 disc DVD set is an archive...

2014 is the year of many rising stars in the WWE – Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose, Bray Wyatt, Rusev and many more made their big splash this year, and for some, Battleground was the culmination of that. The World Heavyweight Championship was on the line in a fatal, four-way main event: Dean Ambrose finally got his hands on the scummy little Seth Rollins, and we crowned a new Intercontinental Champion, among other things. So, let’s...

The Undertaker and Kane are two of the most iconic wrestlers in the history of the WWE. Half brothers in kayfabe, the two men are both multiple time World Heavyweight Champions, and one could attribute much of their success to the existence of one another, as Kane’s character was created to be a foil to that of the Undertaker himself. Despite all of their rivalries and violent history with each other, the brothers went on to also be a successful...

With the Road To Wrestlemania over, WWE once again faced that yearly question of ‘what now?’ So much of the year is spent building up to their biggest spectacular that they often struggle once they’ve reached the peak – in this case Daniel Bryan overcoming all odds to win the WWE World Heavyweight Title and the YES! movement celebrating worldwide. With the shocking result in the Undertaker/Brock Lesnar match and new stars like...

Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!
The words that have been filling arenas and stadiums around the world since before Summerslam last year. The words of hope. The words of the everyman rising up against the boss and crawling and scratching his way to the top. The words of Daniel Bryan, taken into the hearts of wrestling fans worldwide, finally reaching the pinnacle of sports entertainment – Wrestlemania. WWE Home Video UK brings us Wrestlemania 30...

Whether it is celebrating a WWE cameraman’s birthday, bouncing beach balls, beer baths (not recently anyway) or tearful tributes these are probably not what you would expect to see in the WWE and under normal circumstances you would be right. But in the case of this new WWE home video release, these things are in fact just the tip of the iceberg!
The purpose of this release is to lift the lid on what goes on in the arenas after the cameras stop...

Gimmick matches are at the forefront of WWE pay-per-views more than ever with current events Hell in a Cell, Elimination Chamber, and Tables, Ladders and Chairs all revolving around their particular gimmicks. Even the Royal Rumble PPV which has been running since 1988 has always had the over-the-top battle royal match at the forefront selling the PPV to wrestling fans around the world. In this set we are treated to an overview of the history of one...

Following on from the mighty record setting Wrestlemania 29, the unstoppable force that is the WWE returned to our shores, as the aftermath was let loose in arenas all across the country. Once again, those wonderful people at Freemantle Media have pieced together some of the best moments from the tour into the 2 disc set WWE Live in the UK April 2013.
Straight away, you know that this is going to be a special tour, as not only did The Undertaker make...